Calculating Antimicrobial Defined Daily Doses (DDDs) and DDDs per 1000 Patient Days.
Posted: 16 Nov 2019, 07:28
Step-wise method of calculating defined Defined Daily Doses DDD with example its explained.
Requirements to calculate DDDs and DDD/1000 Patient Days (for hospitals that do not have automated reports of this data):
A report of your antimicrobial usage for the time period and ward/hospital unit you want to analyze
Patient days for the time period of the ward/hospital unit you want to analyze
MSH + UHN ASP WHO Antimicrobial DDD Quick Reference List, or access to the WHO DDD website (www.whocc.no)
An Excel spreadsheet
Possibly a calculator
To find the Step wise DDD Calculation method with example Download the below file
Requirements to calculate DDDs and DDD/1000 Patient Days (for hospitals that do not have automated reports of this data):
A report of your antimicrobial usage for the time period and ward/hospital unit you want to analyze
Patient days for the time period of the ward/hospital unit you want to analyze
MSH + UHN ASP WHO Antimicrobial DDD Quick Reference List, or access to the WHO DDD website (www.whocc.no)
An Excel spreadsheet
Possibly a calculator
To find the Step wise DDD Calculation method with example Download the below file